Delhi Capitals have struggled to maintain their good form after starting the competition on a high note. The Capitals won two of their first three games and only began to lose after missing out on their third win against the Gujarat Titans, when Axar Patel’s team lost the game by just one run.

The Delhi Capitals have not had a very successful season, as they now have five defeats, after having played a total of 8 matches in this season of the competition. Although another defeat for the Capitals opened the chances for Mumbai Indians to move to the seventh position if they manage to win their eighth game of this IPL season.

Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel seemed clueless after his embarrassing batting display against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and gave a resounding verdict during the post-match interview. Axar Patel has failed tremendously as captain, while Hemang Badani has struggled as a coach of the Capitals unit.

Big fall for Capitals as they are bowled out for just 75 against RCB

The Delhi Capitals have not proven to be a poor batting unit as they have piled up a lot of runs whenever they needed to score runs. However, this time they repeated a collapse similar to the first game of IPL 2026.

KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka have generally played a good hand at the top, but DC brought in 18-year-old Sahil Parekh against the experienced bowling unit and benched senior professionals like Abhishek Porel, Ashustosh Sharma and Prithvi Shaw.

They lost six wickets at a score of less than 10 runs and finished the powerplay with just 13 runs on the board, the lowest score in the history of the powerplay. Abhishek Porel played a good hand and was bowled out for just 75 runs in less than his quota of 20 overs.

Delhi bowlers look like minnows as RCB achieve second-fastest chase in IPL history

The Delhi Capitals bowlers, unlike the RCB bowlers, looked like minnows against the Royal Challengers batsmen. RCB’s batting unit consisted of Jacob Bethell, who gave them the impetus carried forward by Devdutt Padikkal after his dismissal.

Devdutt Padikkal cleared the fence with ease as he seemed to be batting on a totally different surface. Padikkal scored 34 runs off just 13 balls and scored over 250 in a game where DC batsmen failed to score runs with an economy of even 5.

RCB completed the chase in the seventh over of the game, with Virat Kohli clearing the fence twice in the same over to end the chase in 6.3 overs. This was the second fastest chase in IPL history.

The game is such that there is no room for ifs and buts – Axar Patel

“Even I don’t know what happened. That’s why they say in cricket you have to be alert. We have to get through this match,” Axar Patel seemed clueless in his statement in the post-match interview.

“From today’s point of view, you can say it had an effect, but you can look back: if we had taken the catches or if we had taken the single against GT, then the momentum would have been with us. The game is such that there is no room for ifs and buts,” said Axar Patel, who did not seem convinced with his performance.

“You have to be positive; you had a bad day, and take the positives from the last 5-6 games. I was not surprised; they are world-class bowlers. They do it all over the field, but if our openers or the top order had bowled them, then the result could have been different,” added Axar Patel.

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